merdes

\mɛʁd\

/\mɛʁd\/ noun

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The verdict

“merdes” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,359. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,359
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de merde.

Corpus desk

Index FR-merdes · merdes · French

merdes · rank #10,359 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,359
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH menés

Nearest frequency peer: menés (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « merdes »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « merdes » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

merdes vs Mère
33% similar
merdes vs mers
67% similar
merdes vs mères
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for merdes
PropertyValue
Headwordmerdes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɛʁd\
Letters6
Frequency rank#10,359
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « merdes »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).merdesse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « menés » (#10,358), « motivations » (#10,360), « menacer » (#10,357). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « merdes » est au #10,359. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around merdes (IPA \mɛʁd\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,359 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de merde.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for merdes, with forms such as "emrdes", "medres", and "merddes". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Mère", "mers", "mères", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is merdes, spelled M-E-R-D-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de merde.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how merdes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. « Qu’est-ce que tu lis ? – Jules Verne. – Lequel ? Alors, sans lever les yeux ni sourire, il répondit : « Vingt mille merdes sous les lieux. » J’éclatai de rire.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emrdes
  • medres
  • merddes
  • merdess
  • merdse
  • mereds
  • merrdes
  • mmerdes
  • mredes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of merdes - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

emrdes2medres2merddes1merdess1merdse2mereds2merrdes1mmerdes1
Edit distance from "merdes"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "merdes"?
"merdes" is spelled M-E-R-D-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mɛʁd\.
What does "merdes" mean?
As a noun, "merdes" means: Pluriel de merde.
What words are commonly confused with "merdes"?
"merdes" is commonly confused with "Mère", "mers", "mères". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "merdes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "merdes" is \mɛʁd\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "merdes" come from?
"merdes" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "merdes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

marges#10,355manoir#10,353océans#10,368parier#10,369

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

partez9 variantspaysan9 variantspleuré9 variantsfusils9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list